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No Excuses For The Bucs Defense

The Bucs will accomplish a rare feat when their defense takes the field this afternoon against Buffalo. Every opening-day starter will be healthy and ready to roll.

How often does that happen in Week 14 of a season?

Remember when the Bucs opened the year playing nasty, physical, swarming defense against the Jets, Saints and Cardinals?

Joe sure does, but Joe hasn’t seen that unit in a while. And now Darrelle Revis is healthier. Presumably, Adrian Clayborn is, too. And rookies Johnthan Banks and Akeem Spence are starting with experience under their belts. Mark Barron is allegedly developing as a premium draft pick. Dashon Goldson now knows the defense, despite the occasional bout of “disturbing” communication. Mason Foster got a week off two weeks ago for head injury precaution, so his legs should be fresh. Plus, DaQuan Bowers should be brimming with confidence with his half-sack on the stats sheet.

This is Greg Schiano’s defense. It’s healthy. It’s at home. It’s got a typical rookie quarterback on the other side of the line of scrimmage today. Joe wants to see dominance.

Dammit, the Bucs have proven, elite talent at every level of the defense. Once upon a time, when a rookie quarterback with an average offense came to Tampa, the Bucs pounced like wild lions and tore the guy to shreds.

That should happen today. It likely has to happen for the Bucs to win.

Aggressive coaching will be the key. That gave us 3 wins. We didn’t have that vs. the jets, cardinals & saints. Lets see if the ship shoots those cannons in the second half & specially in the 4 quarter.

I want to see McCoy completely dominate the line again today, and not just sacks, I wanna see him disrupting and re-directing runs, getting consistent pressure up the middle, tackles for losses, maybe a forced fumble. I know, sounds like a lot to ask for but McCoy has the ability, time to show up for your coach. That goes for all of the defense, this is a game we should win.

Laughing stock said it best…..but for some reason I see the bills dominating our o line. The bills are leading the league n sacks an Glennon take at least a extra sack or two on purpose a game just to keep his completion percentage up lmao.

@Bucnasty that’s the biggest reason I see the Bucs losing today. Getting dominated by their D-line like we did the past couple of weeks. If the Bucs D can stop the run D, get off the field on third down & disrupt quick timing routes that the Bills like to run, we have a chance. We also have to be ready for screens & the RB’s being used as a threat in the pass game. This is gonna be a defensive battle & whoever makes the least mistakes wins.